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Default Coasting in neutral doesn't save gas

HeyBub wrote:
So says Popular Mechanics:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars...?click=pm_news

'Course the author is assuming an internal combustion engine. Presumably
with a hybrid, the coasting actually CHARGES the batteries, thereby
increasing gas mileage. I'm not even going to get into external combustion
engines...


Shut the engine off at the same time to save even more. If you are going
in a straight line the lack of power steering and brakes shouldn't
bother you.

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